EPH, a leading Central European energy group that owns and operates assets in the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Germany, Italy, the UK, Hungary and Poland, has acquired Langage and the South Humber Bank combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power stations from Centrica, the parent company of British Gas.

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The combined capacity of the two power stations is 2.3GW. The power stations will be managed by EP UK Investments Ltd (EP UK), representing the UK interests of EPH.

The acquisition is part of EPH’s strategy to extend its presence in the UK, where EPH already owns Eggborough and Lynemouth power stations.

Official Opening of Langage Energy Centre in March 2011 (Image: John Allen)

At the Eggborough site, the company is developing a new gas powered plant with a capacity of up to 2500 MW. The Lynemouth power plant is converting to combustion of biomass, which is expected to produce approximately 2.3 TWh of electricity at low carbon emissions.

A spokesman for EPH said: “Langage has a key role to play in helping secure the UK's energy requirements over the coming years, and we aim to ensure ongoing safe and reliable operation of the plant.”

Langage Energy Centre is now owned by EPH (Image: John Allen)

In June, Centrica plc announced it had agreed to sell its operational Langage and South Humber Bank combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power stations, with a combined capacity of 2.3GW, to EP UK Investments Ltd (“EPUK”) for £318million in cash, subject to customary working capital and other completion adjustments.

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The transaction is consistent with Centrica’s strategy to shift investment towards its customer facing businesses and to seek opportunities in flexible peaking units, energy storage and distributed generation whilst reducing focus on large scale central power generation.